Cara Delevingne's 11-hour prep for the Met Ball

Cara Delevingne's eye-catching body art was one of the most talked about beauty looks of the Met Ball and now it has been revealed that it was no easy feat, taking 11 hours to apply.

Speaking to Page Six, New York-based tattoo artist Keith McCurdy, who has tattooed Delevingne several times, said: "Cara wanted the body art to occupy more space and have her body be covered in it, but we weren't able to do it with the time constraints. I wanted to do something that added to Cara's look without stealing the show. The Met Gala is a big stage to bring tattoos to and I wanted to do something that worked."

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McCurdy started work on the design, inspired by the Met Ball's China: Through the Looking Glass theme, after being approached by the model-turned-actress on Wednesday. He begun drawing the temporary tattoos onto her arms, chest and back in the morning, before taking a break at lunch so that Delevingne could take her sister Poppy, who was celebrating her birthday, to lunch. He finished shortly before the red carpet began at 6pm.

All of that effort wasn't in vain though - McCurdy's etchings will last for 10 days.

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